Author Archives: classiq

La Dolce Vita Meets New York Jazz and Beat Scene: Jude Law in “The Talented Mr. Ripley”

It isn’t hard to aspire to being Dickie Greenleaf and to his life of Italian leisure. Jude Law’s charismatic Dickie is confident and cool and so comfortable with the good life. Read More →

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This Summer We’re Channelling: Ali MacGraw in “Players”

Ali MacGraw is the essence of Calvin Kline unabridged style in “Players” (1979). Read More →

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Creating Mystery within a Single Image: Interview with Illustrator Jennifer Dionisio

A distinctive cinematic aesthetic runs through Jennifer Dionisio’s illustrations. Her visual stories, through minimal colour composition and a beautiful command of light and shadow and space, Read More →

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Face It

She was a punk. She still is. Breaking down walls, “cutting new paths instead of taking the tried and tested roads”, making music because they wanted to make things happen, being artistically strong because they had something to say. Read More →

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The All-Natural Look of Two Mythical Creatures: Thelma and Louise

With their disheveled and dusty looks, weather-beaten tan, high waist faded jeans, white and black tank tops, cowboy boots, unisex sunglasses and men’s cap and hat, Thelma and Louise “become more and more natural, but more and more beautiful as it goes on… Read More →

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